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Hebrew language
The language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exceptio...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew
·adj Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites. II. Hebrew ·noun The langua...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Hebrew
A name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen. 39:14, 17; 41:12,...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew
This word first occurs as given to Abram by the Canaanites, (Genesis 4:13) because he had crossed th...

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Language
·noun A race, as distinguished by its speech. II. Language ·vt To communicate by language; to expre...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Language
[Tongues, Confusion Of, CONFUSION OF] ...

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Hebrew calendar
·add. ·- = Jewish calendar. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Poetry, Hebrew
Lyrical poetry .-Of the three kinds of poetry which are illustrated by the Hebrew literature, the ly...

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Sea language
·- The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Chaldee language
Employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. 2:4-7, 28; Ezra ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
billingsgate language
Foul language, or abuse. Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; a...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Hebrew of the Hebrews
One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil. 3:5; 2 Cor. 11:22); a genuine Hebrew. ...

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Canaan, the language of
Mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language...

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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose